Steven Fischler
2021Free Voice of Labor: The Jewish Anarchists
Steven Fischler, Joel Sucher
Irving Abrams, Paul Avrich
This documentary traces the history of the Yiddish anarchist newspaper that published it’s final issue after 87 years—as told by it’s now elderly, but decidedly unbowed staff.
Free Voice of Labor: The Jewish Anarchists
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
Steven Fischler
Paul Borghese, Francis Capra
Documentary portrays the saga of how Italian Americans went from being outsiders who were stereotyped as gangsters in American movies to insiders in Hollywood who took control of their own stories. Interviews, film clips and home movies from Italian American filmmakers highlight personal experiences and comment on Hollywood's politics and cultural impact.
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
Anarchism in America
Steven Fischler, Joel Sucher
Jello Biafra, Paul Avrich
A colorful and provocative survey of anarchism in America, the film attempts to dispel popular misconceptions and trace the historical development of the movement. The film explores the movement both as a native American philosophy stemming from 19th century American traditions of individualism, and as a foreign ideology brought to America by immigrants. The film features rare archival footage and interviews with significant personalities in anarchist history including Murray Boochkin and Karl Hess, and also live performance footage of the Dead Kennedys.
Anarchism in America
Red Squad
Steven Fischler, Joel Sucher
An investigative (but frequently humorous) documentary on the surveillance activities of the New York City Police Department's Bureau of Special Services, known as the Red Squad. "An extraordinary political film, in which the spies - Red Squad and undercover police assigned to infiltrate the American Left - are in turn spied upon. The result: a photographic exposé of faces and agents in action, fully identified by name and title." - Amos Vogel, Film as a Subversive Art
Red Squad
Martin Scorsese Directs
Steven Fischler, Joel Sucher
Martin Scorsese, Charles Scorsese
Providing behind the scenes footage of the director on set with clips from his own films, Martin Scorsese Directs depicts to riveting effect the way Scorsese brings the written story to life on the big screen. Additional interviews with the likes of Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, Thelma Schoonmaker, the director’s own parents, and others build a perception of Scorsese that not everybody knows.
Martin Scorsese Directs
Frame-up! The Imprisonment of Martin Sostre
Steven Fischler, Joel Sucher
Examining the case of Martin Sostre, a black Puerto Rican bookstore owner in Buffalo, New York who was framed on drug possession charges in 1967 and sentenced to prison, this film shows how the American justice system can be abused for purposes of political repression.
Frame-up! The Imprisonment of Martin Sostre